Chapter 78: Give Me a Kiss
“How’s Dad doing?” Su Moyu asked casually. She lowered her head, looked at the strands of hair falling over her shoulder, and picked up a small lock to play with.
“He just goes to work every day, then comes home and relaxes,” her mother said. “How are things between you and Shuchuan? I want to start a video call and see you.”
Su Moyu was about to agree, but suddenly realized something important.
They had just finished doing something… private. Would her face look strange right now?
“Hello? Daughter?” her mother asked again.
Su Moyu swallowed, touched her cheek, and felt like it should be fine.
“Ah, okay,” she said, quickly sitting up straight and answering the video call.
Her mother’s face appeared on the screen. Seeing her smile, Su Moyu’s mood became lighter too.
“You look even prettier. I haven’t seen you for a few days,” her mother said with a smile.
Su Moyu felt shy.
Her mom had never praised her like this before.
“You even look healthier,” her mother added with a smile. Su Moyu almost couldn’t keep a straight face.
Really…?
She had heard that the best “tonic” was a man…
But the effect couldn’t be this obvious, right??
She suddenly felt a bit guilty.
“It’s all thanks to Mom’s good genes,” Su Moyu said with a smile.
Her mother laughed. “You really know how to talk sweetly.”
They chatted for a while, and Su Moyu felt more and more surprised.
She never thought her mom would talk with her about things like good TV shows, cooking, and daily life at school.
Su Moyu answered patiently, and the woman on the other end kept listening carefully.
The mother in this world was clearly closer to what she had always imagined a mother should be.
Maybe the “her” in this world was really a lucky person.
Or maybe, in this world, her mother was the lucky one.
Because she didn’t have a child who didn’t know how to express care, or one who fought badly with her during their teenage years.
“Mom…” Su Moyu called softly again. Maybe because of a kind of stubbornness after growing up, she hadn’t called her like this for many, many years.
“Yes?” her mother responded, still patient as always.
“When I was in middle school, we had a fight. Do you remember?”
Her mother paused, as if thinking.
“Of course I remember. I secretly read your diary, and you got very angry with me. We didn’t talk for several days,” her mother said, her tone a little helpless, but her eyes still full of warmth.
Just as expected…
That also happened in this world.
“Yeah… we didn’t talk for several days back then,” Su Moyu said softly.
At that time, her grades had dropped a lot, so her mother secretly went into her room and read her diary.
“And then?” Su Moyu asked quietly.
“Then you apologized to me,” her mother said. “Later, I talked with your aunt and realized I shouldn’t have read your private things. After that, we made up.”
Su Moyu nodded.
“Why did you suddenly bring that up?”
“Nothing, I just suddenly thought of it,” Su Moyu said softly.
“I thought you were still thinking about it,” her mother said. “You used to argue with me all the time, but now that you’ve grown up, you’re more sensible.”
Her mother’s eyes were full of relief. Su Moyu showed a faint smile.
She had never apologized to her mom.
Whenever they argued, she would always refuse to give in. Then one day, her mom would call her to come eat, and their conflict would quietly fade away.
“Where’s Shuchuan?”
Su Moyu raised her phone and pointed it toward Bai Shuchuan, who was exercising in the corner of the room.
“Young people should exercise more.”
Su Moyu laughed. “Did you hear that? Young people should exercise more.”
Bai Shuchuan could naturally tell what she was hinting at.
“Okay,” he replied.
After chatting a bit more, Su Moyu hung up the call.
She suddenly felt a little dizzy.
“Bai Shuchuan, maybe we should sleep,” she said, rubbing her temples.
“Okay,” he replied. He put away the dumbbells and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Su Moyu took off her clothes and changed into another set of pajamas.
As for the robe she wore in the afternoon… it had already been completely “ruined”...
She let out a soft breath, lifted the blanket, and lay down. The empty space beside her felt a bit unfamiliar.
When Bai Shuchuan came out of the shower, Su Moyu was already asleep on the bed.
He looked at her face, his eyes full of gentle affection.
He climbed onto the bed, leaned down, and gently kissed her cheek. The next second, Su Moyu opened her eyes and looked at him.
“Shuchuan…” she said in a hoarse voice. “My head hurts…”
Bai Shuchuan blinked, then lay down beside her and gently held her in his arms.
“Is it a side effect of the medicine?”
Su Moyu nodded in his arms, then buried her face a little into his chest and rubbed against him like a small cat.
“Come sleep with me,” she said softly.
Bai Shuchuan gently stroked her head.
“Go to sleep,” he said, reaching out to turn off the light. The room immediately became dark.
“Good night.”
“Good night.” Bai Shuchuan lay down and gently held her waist. “If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, tell me.”
“Mhm…” Su Moyu replied softly, finding a comfortable position in his arms.
“Kiss me, kiss me,” she said in a soft voice.
Bai Shuchuan lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Only then did Su Moyu fall asleep peacefully.
The next morning, when Su Moyu woke up, she felt a throbbing pain in her chest, and her head still hurt from time to time, with waves of dizziness.
It seemed like… she had a class this morning…
Thinking this, she slowly opened her eyes, still half asleep. The first thing she saw was Bai Shuchuan’s face.
She turned over, picked up her phone, and checked the time. It was a little after seven in the morning.
But she had no strength at all, and she felt waves of nausea.
Bai Shuchuan noticed her movement and woke up too.
“Do you feel better?” he asked softly.
Su Moyu turned her head to look at him. Seeing his sleepy face, she smiled faintly.
“I still don’t feel well.”